Improvement in kettle for melting, mixing, and casting metals



w. s. DEEDS.

' Kettl for Melting Metals.

No; 105,553 Patented July 19 1870.

:wmwmm Ill I QVhmsgg-i I atent 91mm WILLIAM spD-EEDS, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR'TO' HIMSELF,

JOHN H.;BAER AND enosen KOCH. OF SAME PLACE.

' Letters Patent No. 105,553, dated July 19,1870.

' mnovnmnn'r m Ker-rte non MEL'I'ING, Mrxme, AND- cAs'rme METALS.

ifihejsenedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 01 the name.

To all whom 'tt-mayconcern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM- S. Deans, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Kettle for Melting, Mixing, and Casting Metals; andI do hereby declare that 'the following .is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad tothefaocompanying drawing making part of this specification, and

to the letters'and figures .marked thereon.

The nature of my intention consists'in'a kettle for melting, mixing, and casting. metals, provided with a closely-fitting cover or follower, for the exclusion of atmospheric air from the kettle; also, providingv the kettle with a stirring apparatus, by means of which" the liquid metal can be stirred and thoroughly mixed .ivithout exposure to the. atmosphere also, so arrangingthc kettle with relation to the furnace that the metal can be drawn off from the bottom. In the accompanying drawing Figure lisa side elevation of my improvement.

Figure 2 is a top view, with the cover or. follower in place, l e

Figure 3 .is 'atop view, partly in sectiomwith the cover or follower. removed. 1 V The furnace, A, maybe of any suitable form, and

j constructed of any suitable material. On'one side is aspout, it, at the upper end of which" is an opening, corresponding with a similar opening-near the bottom of the kettle.

The kettle,'B, iscylindrical in form, on the inside, so that the follower fits with the same nicety at all points between the top and bottom.

- Attached to the bottom of the kettle, and project? ing vertically upward,.are' gnides,-0, in which slides a rod, .D, having gear-teeth formed on..one edge.

The upper ends of theiguides (l are supported by a,

suitable brace, 0. I Attached .to the lower end of the rod D is the mixer, E,which consists ofa circular metallic. plate,

with curved arms, extending from the center to the I and about midwaybetween the standards is a gearwheel, (3,;so arranged as to engage with the rack on the edge of the rod D.

Near the bottom of the kettle is an opening, which,

when the kettle is in place, communicates. with'a spout, a, through the opening in the furnace. This opening may beprovided with a valve, or other suit able means for closing it. V

The metal to be melted is placed in the kettle, and the follower F placed soas to rest on the metal. As the metal-reaches the liquid state the mixer E is forced down, and the follower F allowed to float onthe top of the liquid metal. As the follower does not fit. the kettle perfectly air-tight, any gas which may be generated in the kettle will readily escape around the edge of the follower; but, at the same time, the follower fitsthe kettle closelyenough to prevent the, atmospherefrom coming in contact with and oxidizing the metal. r 3 By raising and lowering the rod'D the metal can be stirred and thoroughly mixed without disturbing the follower.

This kettle can be. used for melting-any of the soft metals, but it is'peculiai'ly adapted to the manufacture of soft solder, where the use of different metals renders it necessary to frequently tir and thoroughly mix the liquid metal, and, where consider able loss results from oxidization, cousequentupon ex-. posure to the. atmosphere. In ordinarykettles a cover may be used to exclude the air, but, on raising the cover to stir the metal, it becomes exposed to. the action of the atmosphere, and oxidization immediately takes place.

In my. invention the metal is kept constantly protected from the atmosphere by means'of the follower, which need not be raised at ,allwhile there is any metal in the kettle, and the different ingredients are thoroughly mixed and incoporated'together by means of the stirring apparatus, the melted metal being drawn ofi through the opening near the bottom of the kettle-and; furnace, and conducted by the spout ainto .molds placed for. its reception.

In establishments where the kettle and apurtenances are of unusually large dimensions, the rack and gear-wheel for operating the-mixer may be dispensed with, and, in lieu thereof, a chain may be attached to the upper end of the rod D, and, passing over pulleys, have a weight at theend.

By this arrangement the person engaged in stirring the metal can be stationed at any desired distance from the furnace; or, where the kettle is so large as to require the stirring to be done by machinery, one end of a lever may be attached to the rod D, and'the other end connected with a working-beam or crankwheel.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters Patent, is-- 1. A kettle for melting metals, constructed as de- 2. A kettle for melting, mixing, and casting metals,

scribed, provided with a, follower for the exclusion of arranged as described, with relation to the furnace, atmospherioair, substantially as shown. whereby the melted metal can be drawn off from the W. S. DEEDS.

2. A kettle for melting and mixing metals, probottom, substantially as shown. vided with a stirring apparatus, as described, by means of which the liquid metal can be stirredland thoroughly Witnesses: mixed without exposure to the atmosphere, substan- E. R. BROWN, tially as shown.

J OHN'H. BAER. 

